Mistaken Identity

The Mind-Brain Problem Reconsidered

AvLeslie Brothers

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

Del i serien SUNY series in Science, Technology, and Society

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Beskrivning

This "unauthorized biography" of cognitive neuroscience unveils hidden errors in current mind-body accounts and sheds new light on basic scientific issues.Neuroscientist Leslie Brothers argues that our understanding of the brain is determined by popular beliefs about the mind. She critiques "neuroism," which explains the mind in terms of individual brains, and shows that widely held assumptions about the promise of contemporary brain research are largely false. This book opens up new territory as it uncovers the real connections among human biology, human sociality, and the mind.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-11-01
Mått:150 x 228 x 8 mm
Vikt:181 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series in Science, Technology, and Society
Antal sidor:112
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791451885

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Mer om författaren

Leslie Brothers is a private consultant in Los Angeles and the author of Friday's Footprint: How Society Shapes the Human Mind.

Recensioner i media

"Mistaken Identity is a bold, incisive, witty, provocative examination of one of the most pressing philosophical and scientific problems of our time, and could become a significant new rallying point in the consciousness wars." — John Horgan, author of The Undiscovered Mind: How the Human Brain Defies Replication, Medication, and Explanation"This book provides a subtle and very important criticism of many ordinary ways of understanding the relation of mind and brain." — Nancey Murphy, coeditor of Neuroscience and the Person: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action

Innehållsförteckning

Preface 1. The Mind-Brain Problem2. Pictures3. Problem? What Problem?4. Bringing out the Hammers and Saws5. Let's Not Be Critical6. Getting It Wrong7. Cults, Mysteries, and Money8. An Unequal Match9. Social Neuroscience10. Look Again NotesReferenceIndex